News from Manor Lettings
22 June 2010: Budget announcement and the changes to LHA.
Further to the 22 June budget the immediate concern for many landlords will be the new limits placed on LHA (local housing allowance) and its effect on rental prices.more...
10 June 2010: Government scraps new regulation on Landlords.
The Housing Minister Grant Shapps has just announced that the Government will not be proceeding with a Landlords Register or the regulation of Letting and Management agents.more...
20 May 2010: HIPS suspended with view to being abolished. EPC's to remain.
Today the Government announced that HIPS have been suspended with immediate effect with view to being abolished.more...
8 May 2010: Councils rate HMO landlords on secret database.
It has come to our attention that local councils may be sharing information on the rating of HMO landlords. According to studenthousing.co.uk local councils are rating HMO landlords and sharing the information on a secret database.more...
14 April 2010: Residential landlords expect interest rates to rise by early 2011
Nearly all residential landlords in Britain expect interest rates to rise by the beginning of 2011, despite the fact that the Bank of England recently decided to keep its historically low base rate at 0.5%. more...
7 April 2010: Mandatory landlord licensing now in force.
It‘s now official. The whole of the UK has now adopted mandatory licensing of landlords. Scotland already had mandatory licensing in place, England & Wales adopted the scheme on 3 Feb and Northern Ireland just recently implemented theirs on 24 March. more...
21 March 2010: Are better times ahead for landlords?
There are increasing signs that we might have seen the bottom of the lettings market downturn. The latest RICS survey shows that the number of rental properties coming onto the market has fallen for the second quarter in a row. This has led to a gradual increase in rents across the country. more...
16 March 2010: Investors turn to buy-to-let market amid pension fears.
An increasing number of savers are investing their money in buy-to-let properties amid fears that their pension will be insufficient to fund their retirement, one expert has stated. more...
15 March 2010: The Government plans to license private landlords.
In May 2009, the Government announced plans to introduce a national register for landlords, which has already been nicknamed ‘the good landlord list.‘ more...
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